UFC fighter Nick Diaz went before the Nevada Athletic Commission on Monday to address charges that he tested positive for marijuana metabolites in relation to his UFC 183 main event bout with Anderson Silva . There was an air of confrontation from the opening moment of the disciplinary hearing. Diaz’s attorney, Lucas Middlebrook, immediately declared that his client would not testify during the hearing, invoking his constitutional right not to incriminate himself via his testimony. That raised the ire of commissioner Pat Lundvall, who declared Diaz would have to do so on a question-by-question basis. Middlebrook said that was fine, if Lundvall wanted to draw out the hearing. When it came down to the substance of the hearing, however, the battle was over three drug test samples that were collected within hours of each other on Jan.
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Nick Diaz Escapes Lifetime Ban, Handed Five-Year Suspension Over Positive Pot Result – MMA Weekly